TQAryan CultureThe Indian Historical QuarterlyVol. 13 · No. 1OpenThe Indian Historical Quarterly'Imagination' in Indian PoeticsBy T. N. SreekantaiyaThis substantial essay explores the concept of imagination (pratibhā) in classical Indian poetics. Beginning with Bharata’s Nāṭyaśāstra, it traces how later theorists such as Ānandavardhana,…March - 1937Vol. 13 · No. 1pp. 59–84Indian Poetics ImaginationPratibha Creative TheoryRasa Dhvani Aesthetics+2